Nafe (Kwamera)

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Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Wahe Martial

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Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Wahe Martial

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Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Wahe Martial

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Speaker: Martial wahe

attrape la poule

Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Wahe Martial

v. intransitive marcher en descente

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Chanos chanos via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

moi

(Bislama) mi

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

n étoile filante

Speaker: Martial wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n mon cul

Speaker: Martial wahe

Example: Photo by John E. Randall, License: CC BY-NC 3.0

Scientific name: Lutjanus boutton via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n ma colonne vertébrale

Speaker: Martial wahe

Example: Photo by Christopher Watson, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Tyto javanica delicatula, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Myzomela cardinalis, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Epinephelus areolatus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by David R / iNaturalist, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Plectropomus oligacanthus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

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Example: This plant is used as a source of fiber to make grass skirts. Gather a lot of stems, place in seawater with a stone on top (the process known as retting) for one month. Collect the stems, pull off the bark and remove the fiber, allowing it to dry in the sun until it bleaches white, when it can be woven into the traditional grass skirt.

Scientific name: Urena lobata, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Paul Balfe / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Scientific name: Petroica multicolor septentrionalis, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Only used for making lap-lap

Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

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Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Balanophora fungosa, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

(Bislama) lata

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Jean Eskar

Example: Photo by givernykate / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Anoplolepis gracilipes via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Sargocentron violaceum via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Pittosporum campelli, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n mon cuir chevelu

Speaker: Martial wahe

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Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Acasia spirorbis, Speaker: Martial Wahe

rassemblement,

(Bislama) meeting

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nami̤rou] n.

Example: The wood is used to make house posts, it is said to be very hard. It is also burned for firewood.

Scientific name: Glochidion, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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Example: Young leaves are edible. Cook with meat and vegetables or boil leaves and mix with coconut milk.

Speaker: Johnson Noar

Example: To make a tabu sign for your land, crops or to block access to the sea, meaning that this area is blocked from fishing and diving, cross two of the leaves in an “X” shape and stick in the soil or sand. People will know to stay away

Scientific name: Microcycas semannii, Speaker: Johnson Noar

n colline

Speaker: Martial wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[napɨk]

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: Stem used to make bow. Stem for ax handle.

Scientific name: Allophylus cobbe, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

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Example: Fuel: Dry portions of this plant are used as firewood. Construction: The timber of this plant is used to create roof members of local houses. It is not considered a strong wood.

Scientific name: Macaranga dioica, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Jean Eskar

[nukwuk] n.

Example: People use this to treat skin sores, by boiling a handful of leaves in a small amount of water and washing the sores with this. Wash 2-3x daily until the sore is better. It may take 3-4 weeks to heal the sore.

Scientific name: Pyrrosia, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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Example: 1. A locally revered kestrel, known as tikurkak, makes its bed with the fronds of this fern.

Scientific name: Austroblechnum melanoaulon, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

n ma cuisse

Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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Scientific name: Piper methysticum, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nəkwa̤j reje] n.

Example: Straight stem used for spear shaft

Scientific name: Tapeinosperma, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe, Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: People eat the young leaves, boiling them in water until they are soft and ready to eat. Or, the green leaves are edible when raw, put coconut flesh and salt in the leaf and eat.

Scientific name: Ficus wassa, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: Kastom medicine to ascertain the type of sickness a person has. Take two small 6 in. long branches with leaves, and place this on the person along with another unspecified plant. Will help diagnosis.

Scientific name: Breynia disticha, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Pterocaesio trilineata via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by tonydiver / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Tridacna maxima via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

Example: Photo by birdexplorers / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Hypolimnas bolina via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by J. E. Randall, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Scarus niger via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: young people hold chew kava to drink. or old people walking with walking stick

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v. intransitive marcher en montée

Speaker: Wahe

decendre

Example: told to someone to come down

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n mes dents de lait

Speaker: Martial wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n mes lèvres

Speaker: Martial wahe

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Example: Ornamental: Flowers are used to decorate houses.

Scientific name: Calanthe chrysantha, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Lesley Clements / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Pterocaesio marri via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Anne Hoggett / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

je tresse les feuilles de coco

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe